A House of Commons select committee backed the UK's proposal to set the fifth carbon budget at 1,765 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e), which would cut emissions to an average 57% below 1990 baseline levels.
In a report on Wednesday, the Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) said the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), an independent body established under the UK's 2008 Climate Change Act, had produced robust advice in line with previous budgets and with the overall trajectory towards meeting the 2050 target...............................................Full Article: Source |